Tariffs international voice services are benchmarked annually for International Direct Dial (IDD) and International Mobile Roaming (IMR). The following is reported:

IDD: Fixed and mobile tariffs from and to South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) countries and to selected countries in Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australasia, Europe, North America, South America, Africa and the Middle East.

IMR: Incoming and outgoing voice (to home and visiting countries) and Short Message Service (SMS). The home country is within the SAARC region and the visiting countries are within regions specified above.

In addition, regional broadband prices are also benchmarked.

The aim of reporting international tariffs is to be able to urge relevant stakeholders to lower prices in a manner where regional convergence of prices is visible.

User experiences of important QoS dimensions are reported annually for fixed broadband and mobile broadband connections in several cities within the region. Details of QoS measures, packages and cities the tests were conducted are available in the report.

We hope that the reporting of QoS experiences will cause regulators to promote transparency and improve service quality in the broadband market.